Rand Paul and the Environment

Rand Paul, Kentucky’s Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, has obviously garnered huge attention in the last few days for his comments on civil rights. But his views about environmental topics ought to grab a few headlines too. Consider the following:

— He says that a cap and trade system to control greenhouse gas emissions could lead to “toilet paper taxes.”

— He claims that climate legislation will create “an army of armed EPA agents, thousands of them,” who will use their power to raid private homes to see that residents have complied with energy efficiency standards;